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b'Wondering how to get your kids and grandkids engaged in family history? Looking for worthwhile activities for the kids over the Christmas break? In this episode author Janet Hovorka provides answers. Our children are the future of our families, and there\'s no better time to help them engage, explore and enjoy their family history!\\xa0 App Users: Be sure to check out the audio Bonus Content in the Genealogy Gems App! NEWS: of the 1 year digital subscription to Family Tree Magazine. Amanda\\u2019s Blog: Read about Where You Can Find Over a that are Now Indexed! \\xa0\\xa0 MAILBOX: From Gary: \\u201cThere was a recent episode of the Las Vegas Based\\xa0 \\u201cCSI\\u201d show in which a genealogist was used\\xa0 to help solve a crime and the head CSI guy (Ted Dansen) and the Genealogist debated about Genealogy being a science.\\xa0 Only took them 1 hr\\xa0 (and 30 commercials) to do what takes us a live time \\u2013Hummmmmm!!!\\u201d Premium member Roger in Utah: \\u201cThanks for another great podcast \\u2013 this time on MY ancestral homeland of Norway.\\xa0\\xa0I have spent many hours using the \\xa0 website.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 While you can use the English version, parts of it are only in Norwegian. Norway, like most Scandinavian countries, has put nearly all of their parish records online.\\xa0 It is a wonderful resource. You have to learn what some of words are, such as birth, Christening, confirmation, marriage, death, etc.\\xa0But even just these can help a lot. If you learn a few more Norwegian words, you can more fully access the vast amount on information available on that site.\\xa0 In that podcast you also talked about taking a risk and contacting someone about possible family information.\\xa0Through some of my Norwegian research I found a man who lives in a little town about an hour north of Oslo. He is the leader of a group called the Hadelandlag Society. Hadeland is a region of Norway.\\xa0I got an email address for this man, Ole, and contacted him. He has been wonderful to me.\\xa0 He went to a local repository and looked up information on my family from the information I gave him. Of course, I thanked him profusely for helping someone he did not even know.\\xa0We have now emailed several times. Certainly the \\u201crisk\\u201d paid off. I have also found some US chapters of the Hadelandlag Society and have become a member.\\xa0\\xa0 And I found some distant cousins as a result,\\xa0 one in Canada, and one in Minnesota. We email somewhat regularly. See what taking the \\u201crisk\\u201d can do.\\u201d Matt Has a Mystery and is Looking for Extra Sets of Eyes: \\u201cThank you for your podcasts! \\u2026 even listening to the older podcasts can provide needed perspective on how to break through your brick walls. Speaking of brick walls, mine may be crumbling. I\'ve been trying to trace the parents/ancestors of my great-grandmother. Up until this past summer, I had no information whatsoever. On May 30, 2013, I found an 1855 New York State Census entry that may tell me who her family is. I wrote up a about the current status of the search and I\'d be interested in your thoughts.\\u201d\\xa0 From Alan in Minneapolis, MN: \\u201cI started listening to the podcast about a year ago, and it\'s been a great reminder of things that I had forgotten how to use Google for.\\xa0 Thanks to your hints, I\'ve found descendants for 2 of my wife\'s great-great uncles who moved away from the farm in Illinois and we lost track of. The Google tips from early on in the series have even helped in projects at work- my colleagues think I\'m spending hours searching for things that I\'m finding in a couple minutes with some of the tricks. Also after hearing about blogging your family history for at least the last 3 pod casts,\\xa0 I\'ve finally decided to take the leap and start publishing my discoveries on a blog () so I can post there rather than send emails and miss some of the cousins or send Facebook messages and miss the others.\\xa0 I\'ve only written two posts (one\'s up one set to publish Sunday morning), but I hope this is something I can keep up. Just a note to say thanks.\\u201d Janice in Montreal started a genealogy blog: \\u201cI attended several of your presentations at the BIFHSGO conference a few weeks ago and really enjoyed them. Partly as a result of hearing your advice, I have started a blog on which I\'m posting the short family history articles I\'ve been writing, as well as comments on\\xa0the research process. The story\\xa0called "An Economic Emigrant" explains why I\'m a Canadian rather than an American. Please take a quick look when you get a chance.\\u201d\\xa0. Ethan is looking for some Fold3 help: \\u201cI recently went to look for the graves of my great-grandparents and learned in doing so that their son, my grandpa\'s brother, died in WWII.\\xa0 Since he has a very common name, George L. Allen, I have been unsuccessful in trying to look up his records on or other search engines.\\xa0 Any hints on how to narrow my search?\\xa0 This is the information I was able to obtain just from his headstone: Private First Class, 63rd armored infantry battalion, 11th armored division.\\xa0 He died Jan 6, 1945, just as the war was dying down.\\xa0 Other than that, I don\'t know if he was in the Pacific or in Europe.\\xa0 My search yields thousands of results.\\xa0 Any help would be appreciated!\\u201d Lisa\\u2019s Answer: Fold3.com does have some educational videos on YouTube. In particular: . If you don\'t get the full answer you are looking for, leave a comment on the video to ask a more specific question or ask how to contact them with your question. YouTube is interactive when it comes to comments and I would anticipate they would respond. Family Tree Magazine Webinar Recording: \\xa0 GEM: Helping Your Kids and Grandkids Engage in Family History with Janet Hovorka Janet is the author of the book Zap the Grandma Gap Available Workbooks: \\xa0 \\xa0Above: Janet Hovorka, Owner of FamilyChartmasters \\xa0Visit the free Website for more CLOSING: Sign up for the FREE Genealogy Gems Newsletter at Explore Lisa\'s brand new Pinterest Board:'